THE Philippines has allocated bulk of its sugar output this crop year to the domestic market while maintaining its export commitments to the United States, the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) said on Monday.

In sugar order No.1, SRA, Administrator Ma. Regina Bautista-Martin said that sugar production for crop year 2016-2017 is forecast to reach 2.25 million metric tons (MT), higher than the 2.236 million MT produced in the previous crop year.

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